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posted by on Monday May 08 2017, @12:31AM   Printer-friendly
from the gamergate-just-keeps-getting-weirder dept.

Oneangrygamer.net notes:

"Tech journalist, male feminist, and anti-#GamerGate critic, Matt Hickey has been fined $332,000 for his fake porn agency recruitment scam that he used as a front in order to have sex with young women and take nude pictures of the women."

"Hickey had been running the porn agency scam since 2006."

"All during this time Hickey had been advocating for sex-negativity on behalf of third-wave feminists. Hickey adopted the activism of a male feminist, attacking companies and the tech industry for its alleged "sexism", including chastising Microsoft for hiring gogo dancers for an after party at the Game Developers Conference.. Hickey previously wrote for The Stranger, Forbes and Gizmodo."

Read the whole story here: http://www.oneangrygamer.net/2017/04/matt-hickey-anti-gamergate-journalist-fined-332000-for-porn-agency-scam/28169/

Also: http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2017/03/16/25023243/matt-hickey-has-to-pay-332000-for-his-fake-porn-scam-judge-rules

And the website he's accused of operating [NSFW] : https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20110208064017/http://www.newseattletalent.com/

Related legal docs: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3517893-DEFAULTJUDGMENT.html

Background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_controversy


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  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday May 09 2017, @04:02AM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday May 09 2017, @04:02AM (#506736) Journal

    > Whereas a more traditional feminist, 400 pounds, short purple hair, angry voice, etc

    Oh go to Hell. Number one, most of us don't look like this (I'm six foot and about 170, and yes, am losing weight, and no, do not have unnatural hair) and number two, what the fuck does it matter what someone looks like as far as his or her arguments are concerned? You reveal, perhaps unintentionally, far too much about what you are in the dark with things like this.

    Oh, and number three, why don't you go do some research as to the kind of desperation that gets some people into situations like this? If you think it's all cokeheads or shallow-brained bimbos who don't want to work, you're so far off the mark you managed to hit escape velocity.

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